Daykin vs Fairbury

A side-by-side comparison of Daykin and Fairbury: population, income, housing, and more.

Daykin and Fairbury are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fairbury has the higher population (3,905 vs 172 in Daykin). Daykin has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $51,782 in Fairbury). Daykin has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $90,800 in Fairbury).

Population, income & housing

	Daykin	Fairbury
Population	172	3,905
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$86,875	$51,782
Median home value	$101,000	$90,800
Median gross rent	$1,000	$666
Housing units	77	2,050
Homeownership rate	94.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daykin	Fairbury
Population	186 → 172 (-7.5%)	3,686 → 3,905 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $86,875 (+104.4%)	$38,160 → $51,782 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$59,500 → $101,000 (+69.7%)	$61,100 → $90,800 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,000 (+5.3%)	$704 → $666 (-5.4%)

Daykin

Population

186172

Median household income

$42,500$86,875

Median home value

$59,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,000

Fairbury

Population

3,6863,905

Median household income

$38,160$51,782

Median home value

$61,100$90,800

Median gross rent

$704$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daykin	Fairbury
Under 5	4.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	26.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	17.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	13.0%
75 and over	4.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daykin	Fairbury
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daykin	Fairbury
No high school diploma	0.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daykin	Fairbury
Drove alone	90.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	21.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daykin	Fairbury
1-unit, detached	96.1%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Daykin	Fairbury
Poverty rate	3.5%	15.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	25	16
Median year structure built	1974	1938